1981 Texas Rangers | ||
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League | American League | |
Division | West | |
Ballpark | Arlington Stadium | |
City | Arlington, Texas | |
Owners | Eddie Chiles | |
General managers | Eddie Robinson | |
Managers | Don Zimmer | |
Television | KXAS-TV (Eric Nadel, Mel Proctor) Vue-Pay (Mark Holtz, Norm Hitzges) | |
Radio | WBAP (Eric Nadel, Bill Merrill, Mel Proctor) | |
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The Texas Rangers 1981 season involved the Rangers finishing second in the American League West with a record of 57 wins and 48 losses. The season was suspended for 50 days due to the infamous 1981 players strike and the league chose as its playoff teams, the division winners from the first and second halves of the season, respectively.
AL West | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Oakland Athletics | 64 | 45 | 0.587 | — | 35–21 | 29–24 |
Texas Rangers | 57 | 48 | 0.543 | 5 | 32–24 | 25–24 |
Chicago White Sox | 54 | 52 | 0.509 | 8½ | 25–24 | 29–28 |
Kansas City Royals | 50 | 53 | 0.485 | 11 | 19–28 | 31–25 |
California Angels | 51 | 59 | 0.464 | 13½ | 26–28 | 25–31 |
Seattle Mariners | 44 | 65 | 0.404 | 20 | 20–37 | 24–28 |
Minnesota Twins | 41 | 68 | 0.376 | 23 | 24–36 | 17–32 |
AL West First Half Standings | W | L | Pct. | GB |
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Oakland Athletics | 37 | 23 | .617 | — |
Texas Rangers | 33 | 22 | .600 | 1+1⁄2 |
Chicago White Sox | 31 | 22 | .585 | 2+1⁄2 |
California Angels | 31 | 29 | .517 | 6 |
Kansas City Royals | 20 | 30 | .400 | 12 |
Seattle Mariners | 21 | 36 | .368 | 14+1⁄2 |
Minnesota Twins | 17 | 39 | .304 | 18 |
AL West Second Half Standings | W | L | Pct. | GB |
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Kansas City Royals | 30 | 23 | .566 | — |
Oakland Athletics | 27 | 22 | .551 | 1 |
Texas Rangers | 24 | 26 | .480 | 4+1⁄2 |
Minnesota Twins | 24 | 29 | .453 | 6 |
Seattle Mariners | 23 | 29 | .442 | 6+1⁄2 |
Chicago White Sox | 23 | 30 | .434 | 7 |
California Angels | 20 | 30 | .400 | 8+1⁄2 |
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Team | BAL | BOS | CAL | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIL | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TEX | TOR |
Baltimore | — | 2–2 | 6–6 | 3–6 | 4–2 | 6–7 | 5–3 | 2–4 | 6–0 | 7–6 | 7–5 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 5–2 |
Boston | 2–2 | — | 2–4 | 5–4 | 7–6 | 6–1 | 3–3 | 6–7 | 2–5 | 3–3 | 7–5 | 9–3 | 3–6 | 4–0 |
California | 6–6 | 4–2 | — | 6–7 | 7–5 | 3–3 | 0–6 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 2–8 | 6–4 | 2–4 | 6–6 |
Chicago | 6–3 | 4–5 | 7–6 | — | 2–5 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–4 | 5–7 | 7–6 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 7–5 |
Cleveland | 2–4 | 6–7 | 5–7 | 5–2 | — | 1–5 | 4–4 | 3–6 | 2–1 | 7–5 | 3–2 | 8–4 | 2–2 | 4–2 |
Detroit | 7–6 | 1–6 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 5–1 | — | 3–2 | 5–8 | 9–3 | 3–7 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 9–3 | 6–4 |
Kansas City | 3–5 | 3–3 | 6–0 | 0–2 | 4–4 | 2–3 | — | 4–5 | 9–4 | 2–10 | 3–3 | 6–7 | 3–4 | 5–3 |
Milwaukee | 4–2 | 7–6 | 3–4 | 1–4 | 6–3 | 8–5 | 5–4 | — | 9–3 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 4–5 | 6–4 |
Minnesota | 0–6 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 3–9 | 4–9 | 3–9 | — | 3–3 | 2–8 | 3–6–1 | 5–8 | 5–1 |
New York | 6–7 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 7–3 | 10–2 | 3–3 | 3–3 | — | 4–3 | 2–3 | 5–4 | 2–3 |
Oakland | 5–7 | 5–7 | 8–2 | 6–7 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 8–2 | 3–4 | — | 6–1 | 4–2 | 10–2 |
Seattle | 2–4 | 3–9 | 4–6 | 3–3 | 4–8 | 1–5 | 7–6 | 2–2 | 6–3–1 | 3–2 | 1–6 | — | 5–8 | 3–3 |
Texas | 1–2 | 6–3 | 4–2 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 3–9 | 4–3 | 5–4 | 8–5 | 4–5 | 2–4 | 8–5 | — | 6–2 |
Toronto | 2–5 | 0–4 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 2–4 | 4–6 | 3–5 | 4–6 | 1–5 | 3–2 | 2–10 | 3–3 | 2–6 | — |
1981 Texas Rangers roster | |||||||||
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Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Jim Sundberg | 102 | 339 | 94 | .277 | 3 | 28 |
1B | Pat Putnam | 95 | 297 | 79 | .266 | 8 | 35 |
2B | Bump Wills | 102 | 410 | 103 | .251 | 2 | 41 |
SS | Mario Mendoza | 88 | 229 | 53 | .231 | 0 | 22 |
3B | Buddy Bell | 97 | 360 | 106 | .294 | 10 | 64 |
LF | Billy Sample | 66 | 230 | 65 | .283 | 3 | 25 |
CF | Mickey Rivers | 99 | 399 | 114 | .286 | 3 | 26 |
RF | Johnny Grubb | 67 | 199 | 46 | .231 | 3 | 26 |
DH | Al Oliver | 102 | 421 | 130 | .309 | 4 | 55 |
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Leon Roberts | 72 | 233 | 65 | .279 | 4 | 31 |
Bill Stein | 53 | 115 | 38 | .330 | 2 | 22 |
Mark Wagner | 50 | 85 | 22 | .259 | 1 | 14 |
Tom Poquette | 30 | 64 | 10 | .156 | 0 | 7 |
John Ellis | 23 | 58 | 8 | .138 | 1 | 7 |
Bobby Jones | 10 | 34 | 9 | .265 | 3 | 7 |
Wayne Tolleson | 14 | 24 | 4 | .167 | 0 | 1 |
Bob Johnson | 6 | 18 | 5 | .278 | 2 | 4 |
Rick Lisi | 9 | 16 | 5 | .313 | 0 | 1 |
Dan Duran | 13 | 16 | 4 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
Larry Cox | 5 | 13 | 3 | .231 | 0 | 1 |
Nelson Norman | 7 | 13 | 3 | .231 | 0 | 2 |
Don Werner | 2 | 8 | 2 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Danny Darwin | 22 | 146.0 | 9 | 9 | 3.64 | 98 |
Doc Medich | 20 | 143.1 | 10 | 6 | 3.08 | 65 |
Rick Honeycutt | 20 | 127.2 | 11 | 6 | 3.31 | 40 |
Fergie Jenkins | 19 | 106.0 | 5 | 8 | 4.50 | 63 |
Jon Matlack | 17 | 104.1 | 4 | 7 | 4.14 | 43 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Charlie Hough | 21 | 82.0 | 4 | 1 | 2.96 | 69 |
John Butcher | 5 | 27.2 | 1 | 2 | 1.63 | 19 |
Len Whitehouse | 2 | 3.1 | 0 | 1 | 16.20 | 2 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Steve Comer | 36 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 2.56 | 22 |
John Henry Johnson | 24 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2.66 | 8 |
Jim Kern | 23 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2.70 | 20 |
Bob Babcock | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2.20 | 18 |
Dave Scmiidt | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3.13 | 13 |
Mark Mercer | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4.70 | 8 |
Bob Lacey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 0 |
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